About Frank Taylor

Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.

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One big disappointment – the animal tracking. Thought I would pick one shark or anything from there and start tracking it, taking a look every half hour where it had swimmed, but oh well, maybe in the future.

Frank, just to let you know, the “installation” of Google Earth 5 takes an exorbitant amount of time to even start installing. Not only that, it uses the Google Updater. Is there a way to get the actual installer file so that people can cut out the “middle-man” that is the Google Updater?
Any help would be good.

the new “show historical imagery” feature is awesome!
in many places i checked there’s footage online more recent than the one shown in default mode! i don;t understand why google would not pack the most recent good footage into the default view within GE???
for law enforcement it will make it easy to see when & what was going on @ certain locations…

Some mind blowing stuff – visit Mars, and drift above the waves to sooth away the worries. but…
What is the significance of the switch to Google Updater in the install? Are there any downsides? Is anything else being installed you might not want?
And, as well as all the technical wizardry, can we please have the Scilly Isles and all the other islands back, plus imagery for the parts of Europe still covered by blankets of cloud.

Question to Frank and the other GE-Gurus:
GE 5.0 seems to have a (at least for me) serious bug (or “feature”): kml-files with placemarks, which show their text-labels *only*, when you hoover over the placemarks does not work for me in GE 5.0 (the same file works fine in old GE 4.3)
Can you confirm this behaviour?
thk
Kurt

Google Earth can now handle areas below sealevel! Go to the Death Valley and find it showing -75m. Fly to the Dead See and find -415m showing a correct 3D surface! Also find Amsterdam Airport Schipol below sealevel!

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